Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-22
PURE NIALIGNITY.

The REGISTER is in receipt OF letter
from ex-senator CAMDEN. in which he
needlessly takes the trouble Of denying the
slaudcGOus article from PaTkeTSbuIg, pub
liShe q in the New York World a few days
ago. We say nCedleSsly, because nobody
in West Virginia believes the palpable lie.
1t was branded q lie BY a nOn-partisan
committee OF the last Legislature after the
fullest investigation, and those who knew
MI. CAMDEN did not wait till this court OF
inquiry had rendered it's decision. They
knew it was i lie from the start.
But Mr.. CAMpEN'S Just indignation at
being pursued by malignant political enc
mics even into private life, which is gen.
orally recognized by all true men as sacred
from such attacks, justiies his communi-
cation printed in another column. To do
the fullest justice to q worthy citizen OF
West Virginia, the original Islander from
the columns of the New York World is
printed in full.
1T was probably not intended for use in
West Virginia, " says Mr.. CAMDEN, with
fine sarcasm. ID was not; and the foolish
IitsHigsHc,r showed its accustomed thick
medicines and rare ability for putting
its foot into it, by being the first to give il
publicity in this State where all honest
people, whether of Mr. CAMDEN's politics
or not, know the article is bald fraud on
the public and intended, rs Mr.. CAMDEN
says, for use outside the State, and only
outside the State. This bare fact alone
shows the animus Of the article. Why
should any one he 50 contemplate and
cOwardly as To seek to iDjure Mr.. CAM
DEN outside the State where the attempt
can do not a soul the slightest good, nor
injure Mr.. CAMDEN in the least? 1t can
be for no other reason than malignity, pure
and simple. II must be an extraordinary
kind Of malignity, also, for the partisan, or
factiOnal, hatred of the ordinary politician
is forgotten in private life. Do the eX-
Senators enemies wish 10 iniure him in q
business way Ii such we've the purpose
the attempt WIS not backed by good sense.
As far - known the bulk of Mr.. CAM
nEN'S business enterprises are co0iined to
his own State
Ii il not Mr. CAMDEN alone who is in
suited by these political iack-alls The
Democratic party Of West Virginia is ira.
duced to the readers OF the World, which
alleged Democratic paper has been weakly
used to injure the party's organization in
this State ever since the expiration of Mr.
CAMDEN'S term rs United States Senator
The lie is given the Legislative commit
tee that examined Mr.. SHELTON L. REGEF
and cleared Mr.. CAMDEN before the State
of the charges made, and investigated part
ly at his own request. But this phase o
the dirty article is not worthy of refutation
and indeed none of it is worthy of being 81
dignifed. But, nevertheless, for refuta
tiOn Of the lie in detail our readers are re
ferred to Mr.. CAMDEN's letter.
If the article was not the outgrowth of {
baftled attempt at blsckmail it was in
spired by tine rage OF the Worlds Parkers
burg correspondent at being refused fur
ther charity, at which Mr.. CAMDEN deli
eately hints, and is q striking illustration
Of the maxim whose substance is: Do &
man a favor if you wish his i'll will.